Quest 3: Rainforest Night and Day Dance
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Rainforest Night and Day Dance |
| Task: |
We are going to choreograph a dance depicting life in the rainforest during the day/night time. |
| Time: |
2 sessions (45 minutes minimum) |
| Materials: |
- This is an ideal Quest as a follow-on from initial studies
- As with other Quests, the series of programmes produced by the BBC entitled 'Lost Land of the Jaguar' provides an excellent resource for the study of movement during night and day.
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Process:
- Teacher introduces Quest
- Teacher highlights the various aspects of life and how they move
- Children brainstorm all the creatures they know
- Species are placed in the two categories of night and day
- Teachers might like to allow time for children to devise movements for as many species as time allows during one dance session
- During the second session the class could be organized on an individual, paired or group basis
- Once organized, in this way, children work on a two minute cameo depicting their species
Conclusion:
- Children present their cameo performances to the whole class
- Q: Can they guess what species is being presented?
Development:
Present the class performance to other children during a special assembly on the rainforest.
